Wilshire 5000 Hits All Time High

By Brendan Conway

The blue-chip Dow (DIA) and S&P 500 (SPY) are a little way below their all-time highs. But the broader Wilshire 5000 is already past its own milestone.

The Wilshire index set a fresh all-time high this morning as it hit 15,813.52 at 9:44 a.m. Not many people own the Wilshire 5000 Total Market ETF (WFVK), which set its own record this morning at $33.25. But if you did, you’d be an inch or three ahead of your better-known friends in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF.

The index looks on track to beat its record close of 15,806.69, which was set on October 9, 2007.

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Chris Dieterich has covered the U.S. stock market for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. He is a graduate of Regis University and the Missouri School of Journalism.